![]() ![]() USA TODAY, March 16, Fact check: No, Elon Musk did not tweet that the Earth is flat.USA TODAY, April 24, Fact check roundup: Proof that the Earth is round.11, 2021, Elon Musk Says SpaceX Will Be Making Regular Flights by 2023 7, 2018, #1169 - Elon Musk - The Joe Rogan Experience 11, 2021, #1609 - Elon Musk - The Joe Rogan Exper ience Paris Smaragdis, April 25, Email exchange with USA TODAY.USA TODAY reached out to the social media user who shared the post for comment but did not immediately receive a response. In March 2023, USA TODAY debunked another false claim that Musk tweeted about flat Earth theory. In that episode, Rogan asks Musk what he thinks of the theory and Musk replies that it's a "troll situation," while Rogan insists there are people who actually believe it's true. They also briefly mention flat Earth theory in a 2018 episode of "The Joe Rogan Experience," but the men are wearing different outfits and the audio does not match the social media post. The men are discussing the possibility of flying in a commercial plane to an altitude of 100,000 feet when Rogan says, "The great thing about that is that you could bring flat earthers up there."įact check roundup: Debunking the flawed science behind flat Earth claims Rogan and Musk jokingly reference the debunked theory that Earth is flat about three hours and 15 minutes into the podcast episode. Instead of talking about flat Earth theory, Musk and Elon are discussing the shape of the Starship, a rocket created by SpaceX. The last shot of Rogan as he smiles and turns around to look off-camera is the same one that's 26 seconds into a video clip from the podcast. There is other evidence the video is a combination of multiple clips. "It is not very consistent in this case though since some pauses do have non-silence, so it points to parts having been stitched together." You usually get at least a little bit of sound during speaker pauses," he said. "The complete silence between some sentences is also a little suspicious. There are also subtle indications the audio is not authentic, like some "crunchiness" between the words "moon" and "but" about 18 seconds into the video, Smaragdis said. The words Rogan and Musk seemingly say don't match the movement of their lips. Why experts say they'll only get harder to detect. ![]() "This particular recording is unusually slow and sleepy, which points to auto-generated speech," he said.įact check: AI-generated images already fool people. Several characteristics about the video suggest it has been auto-generated, Paris Smaragdis, a professor at the University of Illinois who studies audio processing and artificial intelligence, said in an email to USA TODAY. However, in the three-and-a-half hour podcast, Rogan and Musk never have the discussion in the post. 11, 2021, episode of Rogan's podcast, "The Joe Rogan Experience." The outfits Rogan and Musk are wearing in the video match the Feb. Audio shows signs of being auto-generated, expert says There is no evidence Musk believes in the flat Earth conspiracy theory. The audio is not real and was likely created using artificial intelligence, experts told USA TODAY. A similar video posted the same day received an additional 2,000 shares. The TikTok version of the video has been viewed over 1 million times and shared more than 25,000 times.įollow us on Facebook! Like our page to get updates throughout the day on our latest debunks Our rating: Altered It was shared over 5,000 times in three days. "Elon is a Flat Earther!" reads overlaid text on the video. The video cuts to Musk, founder of SpaceX, seemingly saying it's impossible to travel to Mars because of the "firmament," which some conspiracy theorists believe is an impenetrable dome covering the flat Earth. "Somebody told me you're now a flat earther. "So I heard this crazy rumor that I want you to tell me if it's true or not," Rogan supposedly says in the video. Watch Video: SpaceX scrubs launch of Starship's fully integrated test flight The claim: Video shows Elon Musk admitting he is a flat eartherĪn April 22 Facebook video ( direct link, archive link) purportedly shows a clip of podcast host Joe Rogan asking Elon Musk about the flat Earth conspiracy theory. ![]()
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